File sorter, 1985 July

This series provides information on Smith’s work and correspondence while in office. Subseries A contains file sorters with detailed records of appointments, invitations, and organizational information. Staff notations written on the documents provide insight into the workings of Smith’s office. The file sorters also contain correspondence generated and received by Smith’s Congressional office. Included in this correspondence are letters from Dick Cheney, Ronald Regan, George H. W. Bush, Nancy Regan, Newt Gingrich, Robert Dole, Gerald Ford, and Dick Armey. Other correspondence deals with various issues of importance to Smith's constituents in Oregon's 5th District. This correspondence includes letters from family farmers who detail the problems facing the small farm in the late 1980s.